There are dates that get ingrained in your mind. Something happens, or doesn't happen, and they stick. Usually they are important, but sometimes trivial, like the birthday of my second dog that I got when I was a kid, March 16 1964. In my country there are many dates we think are important and should be remembered. But I have easily let slip by more than one July 4, September 11, November 11, November 22, December 7 without so much as a thought.
June 16 I remember. I got married. Long time ago but I have never missed an anniversary, never even came close to forgetting.
Funny thing, I cannot tell you when anyone else in the world got married. I guess it doesn't matter to me as much I would like to think it does. I know my parents got married some time in August. I have a cousin who got married the Saturday after 9/11 and a nephew who got married about a month after Christmas. It gets really fuzzy after that. Although I am glad other people in my family are happily married, when it happened is something I can't keep in my head.
Other dates of importance. November 24, April 17 and November 27. The birthdates of my three children.
August 6, 2011 is the day that the first one of the three above gets married. A wedding date that hasn't happened yet but is already burned in my mind. It's the day a wonderful woman become part of our family. Already the date means something to me, though nothing like what it means to her and to my son.
I look forward to the event, but more importantly, to every blessed anniversary that follows. Welcome Laura.